The partner of innocent victim Trevor O'Neill has spoken about the horrific moment he was shot in front of her and their family.

The father-of-three from Drimnagh was on holiday in Spain when he was gunned down on Wednesday night.

His partner is now trying to get their children back to Ireland as soon as possible.

Suzanne, who has been with Trevor for 20 years, described how they were on their way to a restaurant when he was shot.

She told RTE News: "We went out the front of the hotel and Trevor was walking in front with the chap we met on holidays.

"I was walking behind pushing the buggy.

"I saw a man walking up wearing a hoodie.

"I thought it was strange because it was roasting.

"I saw him pull out a gun."

Trevor O'Neill

Suzanne added that armed police took them to a safe house in Palma where they stayed for the night.

In the safe house, they had "no food or water and had to sleep on chairs".

Suzanne didn't know that Trevor had died until her family rang her from Ireland this morning.

"We've been under police escort since yesterday.

"At 7am, we were taken (from the safe house) back to the apartment.

"There were armed people around the hotel ... at the entrance.

"We were told to come to the airport and we got a taxi ... (we) have been told we'll be under police escort until we land in Dublin."

Mr O'Neill's family have insisted he has nothing to do with gangland crime.

A family member told the Irish Sun: "Please, please let people know that he had nothing to do with the Hutches or the Kinahans or gangland or any of that.

"He was never in his life in trouble with gardai. We can’t bear to think that people would associate him with them.

"This was mistaken identity, he was only over on a holiday with his three children. This is the result of this feud."

An all-ports-warning is in place as murder squad detectives seek to stop the killer and accomplices fleeing the island.

No-one has yet been arrested.

A suspect in a blue hoodie was seen fleeing the scene, although murder squad detectives are understood to be looking for two accomplices.

The shooting happened just after 9pm in the popular resort of Costa de la Calma in south west Majorca around 15 miles from the capital Palma.

The victim's partner was said to be pushing one of their children in a pushchair when the shooter opened fire.

In February gangster David Byrne was shot dead at Dublin’s Regency Hotel during the the weigh-in of Jamie Kavanagh, the boxing pal of Irish godfather Christy Kinahan’s son Daniel.

Byrne, 32, was aligned to Christy Kinahan’s gang, nowadays said to be led by Daniel.

The shooting, which followed the September 2014 killing of Jamie’s gangster dad Gerard at a pub near Marbella, was seen as retaliation for the assassination in September last year of Gary Hutch in Miraflores near Fuengirola.

Gary’s uncle Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has been blamed for ordering the hit on Byrne as part of an all-out war with the Kinahan gang.

His brother Eddie was shot dead three days after the Regency Hotel attack in a feud which one major criminal has warned would only end when Daniel Kinahan, who until recently lived in Marbella, was killed.

Christy and Daniel are now said to have relocated to Dubai to escape the threats to their lives.

Since Eddie Hutch’s killing on February 8 at his home, at least three murders in Ireland have been linked the gangland feud.

Civil Guard officers in Majorca are saying very little about their bid to catch those responsible for Wednesday night’s brutal murder.

A spokesman for the force said: “I can confirm we are yet to make any arrests but I cannot give out any more detail, other than to confirm a man was shot just after 9pm yesterday in Costa de la Calma and subsequently died.”

Local reports said police had spoken to a key witness who claimed to have overheard the killer bragging in a bar about the crime he was about to pull off.

Up to five people who witnessed the crime are understood to have given statements to police.

A bar owner, who asked not to be named, said: “I heard three shots but there were apparently four and then saw a man with a blue hoodie pulled tight over his face run by.

“I didn’t realise at first they were gunshots. I thought it was kids playing with firecrackers. But then I heard people screaming and people came rushing into the bar to seek refuge.

“The victim is dead and still lying in a bodybag on the pavement near my bar.

“I don’t know who he is.”

A worker at a restaurant near the scene of the murder said they were asked to take care of around six children while police questioned a woman believed to be the man's partner.

The worker, who asked not to be named, said: “There were around five or six children aged between eight and 15.

“The police said they were the victim’s relatives and asked us to look after them while they were with the woman they were questioning.”

A statement from employers Dublin City Council read: “The management and staff of Dublin City Council are shocked to hear of the tragic death of Trevor O’Neill in Majorca.

“Trevor was a hard working and dedicated employee of Dublin City Council.”